Kendamas are the anti-video game: ball-and-cup toys that are quickly becoming this generation’s Hacky Sack, a craze spreading across the Inland Northwest and the United States, disrupting school days ...

If you've never seen a kendama before, you might think it's some sort of small wooden doll, or handheld weapon, or tool for assembling Ikea furniture. In fact, it's a Japanese toy made of two parts — ...

The takeover happened so quickly – because of a little ball on a string with a cup and a spike. One minute, he was just a kid at Mater Dei High School in 2014. The next minute, kendama happened.

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It seems every generation has a toy to challenge and frustrate children - whether it's a paddle ball, a yo-yo, or hacky-sack, recently, kids are having a ball with Kendama. Kendama ...

Mientras la mayoría de los adolescentes pasa horas frente a juegos electrónicos, Xiomara Villarreal-Gerardo, de Chula Vista, prefiere jugar con kendamas, un juguete hecho de madera, similar a un ...

Sixteen Orchard Prairie third- and fourth-graders watched with rapt attention as Jacob Schultz spun his kendama through the air, under his leg, twirling the string from his fingers before landing the ...

Dave Mateo, a dancer and Kendama Pro is dead at 32. Pic credit: Kendama USA/YouTube. Dave Mateo, a Kendama USA Pro and professional dancer, has passed away. Several tributes have poured in following ...

Wyatt Bray is the No. 1 kendama player in the world. The 20-year-old Portland native took home the title at the Kendama World Cup in Osaka, Japan, last July. "When I tell people that I'm a ...

JAPAN (HawaiiNewsNow) - WOODONE and The Global Kendama Network (GLOKEN) hosted the world's largest Kendama event in Hatsukaichi, Japan over the weekend of July 23rd and 24th. The Kendama World Cup ...